Harvester reel



July 7, 1953 M. D. HENTHORN 2,644,288

HARVESTER REEL Filed Spi. 2, 1950 JNVENToR. Mfr/ cus .27. #awr/mm'.

Patented July 7, l1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,644,288l HARVESTERREEL Marcus D. Henthom, Rossendale, Ina. Application September 2, 1950,Serial No. 182,999

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in bat construction forharvester reels employed on harvesting machines in connection with thereciprocating cutter of the Sickle type to gather or pick up the crop,transfer it to the sickle and then lift or pass the cut crop to theusual draper or carrier.

The invention is particularly directed to the construction of the batconstituting the grain engaging member of the reel and one of theobjects of the invention is to provide a means whereby, during theoperation of the reel, the grain will be prevented from becoming hookedon the backs of the reel and thrown over in front of the harvester to bemutilated and cut by the harvester sickle.

For the purpose of disclosing the invention an embodiment of theinvention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings in which the figureis a side elevation, parts thereof being shown in section, showing aharvester reel embodying my invention.

In the embodiment illustrated the harvester reel comprises the usualconstruction in which there is provided hubs Ill adapted to be mountedon a suitable Shaft II, at the opposite ends thereof and each of thehubs supports a plurality of radially disposed arms I2 at the ends ofwhich are supported the bats I3.. Each of these bats constitutes a flatstrip secured at its upper edge to a, bat shaft I4 rotatably mounted onthe end of the arms and maintained in position thereon by suitableStraps (not shown) at spaced intervals which are looped over the shaftand are secured at their opposite ends on the opposite sides of the bat.

At spaced intervals the bat is provided with tines such as I5 which attheir upper end and before being secured to the lower edge of the batare preferably looped as at I6 for the purpose of adding resiliency tothe tines. l 1

A guard protects the upper edge of the bat together with its supportingshaft. This guard comprises a hollow cylindrical sheet metal tubularguard I1 which is slotted as at I8 and provided with flanges I9 adaptedto embrace the top edge of the bat and completely enclose the top edgeof the bat together with the bat shaft I4. Any suitable Securing means25 may be used to attach the flanges I9 to the upper part ofthe bat;

By this arrangement as the bat approaches the Standing grain thecylindrical guard will engage the top of the grain bending it downbefore it is engaged by the bat to be pushed into the sickle so thatthere is no danger of the top of the grain being bent or caught by thetop edge of the bat and thrown over in front of the sickle of theharvester on to the ground.

The invention claimed is:

In combination with a harvester reel having a bat rotatably supported atits upper edge in said reel; of a tubular member having a slit in oneSide thereof extending throughout the length of said member receivingand enclosing the upper edge of said bat, flanges projecting outwardlyinv parallelism from the edges of said member deiining said slit inengagement with both sides ofv said bat, and securing means connectingsaid flanges to said bat. Y

MARCUS D. HENTHORN.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,926,538 I-Iume et al Sept. 12, 1933 1,996,294 I-Iume et alApr. 2, 1935 2,252,180 Hume Aug. 12, 194:1V 2,457,490 Press Dec. 28,1948

